Baling-machine.



PatentedAuO. 6, 1918.

4 sHE ETS-sHEET 1.

r. of t n. e v n I W. CASWELL.

BALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION men ocT. 29. 1915.

W. CASWELL.

BALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION HLED ocT.29.1915.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918.

4 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

W. CASWELL.

BALING MACHINE-- APPLlcAxoN men ocT. 29. 1915.

Patented-Aug. 6, 1918.

- 4 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

mmf-- mwN Inventor.

vv. CASWELL.

BALING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 29 |915.

Patented Aug. 6, 1918rv 4 SHEETS-SHEET 4.

STATES PATENT OFFICE.

' WALLACE cn'swnu., or cmom, Iowa.

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To azzwhammay'omm; l .Be itknown that I, WALLAGE CAswnLL, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at Cherokee, county of Cherokee, State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Baling-Machines; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,

such as will enable others-skilled in the art to which it appertainsto make and use the same.

The invention relates to presses for baling hay, straw and the like, in which the compression of the material is elfected by 'means of a reciprocatory plunger and the tying or wiring of the bale is accomplished automatically by' apparatus which feeds the wire around the bale, loops theends thereof to-v gether and twists the looped ends, and nally.

severs the wire adjacent to the looped tie, after which thefinished bale is discharged from the ,compression chamber.

In the accompanying drawings .Figure 1 is the side elevation of the baling press; Fig. 2 is a plan view of the mechanism which engages and disengages the wire tying and feeding apparatus with the baling press; Fig. 3 is a rear'end view of the two wire vlooping and -twisting members; Fig. 4 is a View of one wire looping and twisting mem- --fber showing the needle as having passed across the face of the member and the wire looped around the pin; Fig. 5 is an advanced l stage view showing the wires twisted; Fig.

6 is a further advanced stage showing the wire severed from the loopingv member, and tie needles passed back through the ballng chamber; Fig. 7 is a detail View of the driving mechanism of the wire tying apparatus;

Fig. 8 is a detail view of the wire twisting mechanism; Fig. 9 is a detail view of the driving mechanism of both the wire feeding and wire tying mechanism; Fig. 10'is a plan view of one needle, the dotted line showing the lposition of the wire when theneedle has passed through the baling chamber, the full line showing the position of the ywire when the needle is standing at rest outside the chamber; Figs. 11, 12 and 13 are sectional views of the wire clamping and shearing mechanism; Figs. 14 and 15 are 'sectional views ofthe wire hook or guide; Fig. 16'- is a fragmental plan view of the compression chamber showing the locationof the spools, the course of the wire, and showin in full lines, the location of the needle w en 1t is speciation of mm3 nim. A

application med ominizs, 191s. 1ro. sam.

in its rearward end of travel, and, in dotted hnes, lts position when it is in its forward end of travel; Fig. 17 is anenlarged v iew of the mechanism which engages and disengages the carria es-and locks oneI of, the carrla es 'at rest;` ig.- 18 is a fragmental view s owing the gear 3 and the position in which it is located with respect to the gear 3; Fig. 19 is a fragmental side elevation of the disk 57 showing it in one of its positions in full lines, and in' its other position in' dotted lines; and Fi 20 is a fragmental view illustrating the 'ving mechanism for the wire-loopin and wire-twisting mechanisms, theview eingtaken `Jrrom'the opposite side to that illustrated inFig. 1.

By referring Hto the drawings you will note that the machine comprises a baling chamberywhich may be, either of the continuous or the Abox type, and a reciprocatory vplunger operating longitudinally in Patented Auge, 191s.

the chamberto compress successive charges ofthe material which is fed into the chamber loose, and there compressed into a bale;

adapted to Ibe connected with the plunger and to move therewith during the final compression stroke; wire feeding apparatus mounted two carriages slidably mounted on the frame t `of the compression chamber, which are on the forwardcarriage, and wire tying ap'- .paratus mounted on the rear carria e; a

shaft slidably mounted longitudinal y .on said carriages and on the forward end of the frame ofthe machine, f and connected by gears to the driving mechanism which operates the compression plunger, so that during the nal compression stroke of the plunger the wire feeding needles are brought forward through recesses in the face of thel plunger, and the wire into engagement with the l`looping, twisting and cutting devices, which complete the tie and sever the wire,

the final retraction of the plunger serving` The side plates completing the baling chamber have longitudinal slots 92 and 92. There is a hopper and opening in the 'tp at C, for feeding. The plunger by means of which the compression of the material is elected, comprises a rectangular box-like frame of which 45 is the face, made to fit within the compression chamber, and slide along the bottom thereof having longitudinal trans.

verse slots therein 50 and 50.

The mechanism for reciprocating the compression plunger consists of the crank 9 which is rigidly attached to the shaft 8, to

which is attached the gear 3, said shaft being rotatably mounted on the frame of the machine.` Crank 9 is connected to the bellcrank 11, 12, 13 by the connecting rod 10 at 11. The bell-crank 11, 12, 13 is pivotally mounted on the frame ofthe machine at 15 and is connected to the compression plunger by the connecting rod 53 at 52. The operation of this mechanism is as follows: When the gears 3, 5 and 3, Fig. 18, are operated the crank 9 is turned toward the left; this rocks the bell-crank 11, 12, 13 toward the rear of the machine and through the connecting rod forces the plunger rearward; when the crank 9 has reached a position so that the points 9, 8 and 11" are in a straight line, the plunger has reached its extreme rearward travel. As the crank then travels toward the front end of the machine, the plunger is withdrawn until the points 9, 8 and 11 are again in a straight line, at which point the plunger has reached its eXtreme forward end of travel. It will be noted that the straight line in which 9", 8 and 11 are located, when the plunger is at the extreme inward end of its travel, would be the line indicated by the dotted line X, X, and that the straight line in `which 9", 8 and 11 are located, when the plunger is at its extreme outward end of travel, wouldbe the line indicated by Y, Y.

It will be observed that the arc described by the point 9 on the outward stroke of the plunger is very much less than the varc described by 9" on the inward stroke of the plunger; this is caused by the relative lengths of the arms in proportion to the distance between the shafts 8 and 15. By this mechanism it requires about one third of the revolution of the gear 3 to make the outward stroke of the plunger, and two thirds of the revolution of said gear to make the inward stroke of the plunger. This is desirable because, on the inward stroke much more power is needed to compress the hay, than on the outward stroke when the plunger is running idle.

The mechanism for reciprocating the carriages is as follows: The guide 56 is rigidly attached to the forward end of the press 1,

and to the cross frame 2. Upon this guide is slidably mounted the rectangular sleeve 58, upon the inside 'of this is pivotally attached the connecting rod 58', which is connected to the plunger head at 52. On the outside of the sleeve 58 is the lug 59, which is adapted to engage in the notch 60 in the connecting rod 55, which is pivotally attached to ythe carriage 30 at 54. The disk 57 is slidably mounted kon the bolt 57', Fig. 19, which is rigidly attached to the guide 56, and so adapted that it may be moved outward from the guide 56. The hook 131 is pivotally attached to the carriage 61 at 130, and has a pro'cctin inward lu that slides in the grooved guide 132, whic is rigidly attached to the frame of the machine. The hook 135 is pivotally attached to the grooved guide 132 at 133, and is adapted to engage the hook131. The lug 134, as indicated by the dotted lines, is rigidly attached to the carriage 30 on the inside, and is adapted to disengage the hook 135 from the hook 131, and itself engage the hook 131 as the carriage moves rearward. As the carriages move, the lug 131, on the back of the hook 131, reaches the inclined portion of the groove 132 and raises the hook 131 behind the lug 131". When the carriage has reached its rearward point of travel and starts on the forward movement, the hook 131 behind the lug 131 draws the carriage 61 until the lug 131 has reached the inclinedportion of the groove 132, at which point the hook 131 drops from behind the lug 131 and releases the carriage 61. At this point, the hook 135 engages the hook 131 and holds the carriage 61 at rest until the carriage 30 again returns. The member 101 is slidablyV mounted on the guide 91 in the groove 105. The guide 91 is rigidly attached to the frame of the machine at 93; the hooks 102 and 102 are pivotally attached to the member 101 at 103 and 103', and so adapted that when the rear end o-f the hooks are closed together they do not cross the grooves in the side of the chambers 92 and 92. The springs 104 and 104 return them to their original positions. The lever 96 is pivotally attached to the frame of the machine at 97, andthe connecting rod 94 isv pivotally attached to the lever 96 at 95, and to the member 101 at 95. The connect ing rod 44 is pivotally attached to the carriage 30 at 100, and slidably attached through the slot 99 to the lever 96 at 98. The letter C indicates the hopper above the opening of the baling chamber for feeding the hay.

The mechanism for operating the wire tying and wire feeding mechanisms is as follows. vThe carriages 30 and Glare slidably mounted on tracks 31 and 31'; the shaft 16 is rotatably mounted on the frame 2, -and upon the opposite end of that shown in Fig. 1 is a spur gear, as shown in Fig. 18, which -s rigidly mounted on saine and adapted to mounted on shaft 23, and rotatably mounted on-the frame 213; the Y shaped lever 17 is pivotally mounted on the frame 213 at'18,v

andthe Y portion is adaptedto operate in the groove 26 at 18'; the free end of v17 is diagonal and is adapted to engage the shaft 33 as the carriage 30 moves toward said lever 17 and swings the free end toward the baling press, 'and thereby Vslides the sleeve 21 out of mesh with the spiral gear 24 when the carriage 30 moves in the opposite direction the lever 17is drawn into the .position shown by the dotted lin in Fig. 2, by the spring 24. This engages the sleeve 21` with the spiral 24 and through the spiral v22 the shaft 23 is revolved. The longitudinal shaft 23 is rotatably and slidably mounted on the carriage 30 atV 30 and-rotatably mounted on the vcarriage 6 1, this ermits the movement of carriages 61 'an 30 parallel with the frame of the machine, and

at the .same time operates the wire tying and feeding mechanism.

The mechanism Afor feeding thel wire through the baling chamber consists of two angle-shapedneedles 34 as shown in 10 and 16, rigidly mounted on the shaft 33 which is rotatably mounted on the carriage 30, which is mounted on the same side of `the machine as the wire tying mechanism, and is adapted to pass through the baling chamber to the other side of the machine, and when swu forward on the shaft 33, the curved po Qion'of the needle is adapted to swing back through the baling chamber through the grooves and 50 in the compression plunger, and slots 92 and 92 in the side of the baler, and corresponding slots on'the,opposite side. The forward end of each needle is provided with two rollers, 160 and 161, which act as pulleys around which the wire moves.

The mechanism for reciprocating the needle consists 'of the crank 32 rigidly attached to the shaft 33, the crank 154 which is rigidly attached to the shaft 41, the connecting rod 156 pivotally connecting these cranks, the bevel gear 39 rigidly attached to the shaft 40, and the segmental bevel gear 38 slidably mountedon the shaft 23. When the needles are at rest outside the baling chamber, the gear 39 is in engagement midway of the segment of the gear 38; the gear 38 revolves until the gear 39 has passed olf of the segment at which time the points 155, 41 and 43 are in a straight line, and the needles are Abrought to rest until, the wire on shaft 16 and l tying process has been completed, at which point the segment at the ear 38 again 'engages the gear 39, and t e crank 154 revolves until the oints 41, 155,and 43.are again in a straig t line, at Awhich point the mechanism is disconnected, as has been `heretoforeexplained, from the mechanism drivthe compression plunger, and at which point the gear 39 has passed through one alf of the se ent of t e gear 38; the wire tying and fee ing mechanism is' then at rest -until it is desired to tie another bale.

A:The mechanism for tying the wires is as follows: On th'e rear end of the shaft23 is rigidly mounted a'duplicate of the gear 38, which cannot be -seen in Fi .11, but which is s hown in Fig. 20, and desi ated by 38. Tlns gear is rigidly mounte on the shaft 23, .whicli' shaft is rotatably mounted in the frame 61, and which gear is adapted to engage a duplicate of the gear 39, which cannot be seen inFig. 1, but which is shown in Fig. 20, and which is rigidly' mounted on the shaft 68, towhich is rigidly attached the gear wheel 64, which has Von its periphery two segmental bevel gears l69 and .144, (Fig. 7) which are adapted to engage in'tlie bevel gear 78. 69 engages 78 o n the inward side, revolving same in one direction, and 144, which is indicated by the dotted lines, the teeth of which project iiiwardly, engages it onxthe outward side and revolves it in the other direction. Gear 64 alsov has on its periphery, the spur segment 143 which is adapted to engage the gear 77, which operating through the shaft 141 and the gear 70, revolves the twisting head 114;

Vthe gear 64 also has on its peripherythree segmental guides, 149,Y 145 and 150; -149 is adapted to engage the groove 48 on the gear 78, and hold same at restV during the operation of the gear 77; the guide 150 is adapted to engage. the guide 150 on the gear 77,

vwhich holds same at rest during the remainder of the revolution of 64; the guide 145 is adapted to engage the groove 147 -in the member 147, which is rigidly attached to the gear 78; the gear 77 is rigidly mounted on the shaft 141 upon which is mounted the gear 7() which engages a duplicate gear 70', which is rotatably mounted on the shaft 142; the gear also engages the segmental twistving head with teeth in its periphery 114 son vthat with the continuous o eration of,

'the mechanism driving the p unger, the

plunger stands at its inward end of travel only momentarily, and does not vgive sufficient time at the point at which it is stationary to feed the wire through the baling chamber, tie the ends and sever same, and return the needle to the original position. If thiswere done, it would reduire such high speed that it would make the machne'impractical; for this reason it is necessary to move the wire feeding mechanism and the plunger during the operation of the tying and feeding machinery; for reason, two sliding carriages are mounted von the frame of the machine, which are connected by a. grooved shaft 23, on which Yare slidably 4mounted gear 38 for operating the feeding mechanism, and a duplicate of the -gear38. The wire tying mechanism consists of two rotary looping members mounted on the frame 61 and 63; the wire tying mechanism comprises a rotary looping head which is.

` opposite, said hooks having upon one edge a clamping face, and on the other edge a shear, also two' shearing members 72 vand 72', which are located diametrically opposite and pivoted on the same axis, and attached so that the shearing edgeof the shearing member, and the shearing edge of the clamping member are brought in contact, as shown in Figs. 11 and 3; the looping member also has two wire guides 82 and 82', which are pivotally mounted so that when vthey are not needed'they drop down below the surface, and when they are Yneeded to hold the wire in position, a hook is brought up above the surface. The mechanism for operating these Wire clamping, shearing and guiding members consists of spring dogs f 161, 165 and 166, Figs-,11, 12 and 13, which engage teeth on the rearward side of the clamping, shearing and guiding members; said dogs are attached tothe annular plate 163, which is located about one inch from vthe rearward side of the looping member, and the face of which acts as a guide for the wire clamping, shearing and guiding members, and holds same locked, either open or closed, as is required; whenthe looping member is revolved these spring dogs engage the teeth and ,open and close them, as required.

The'mechanism for operating thelooping- 'members consists of the gear 75 which is on the inward side of said gear-78, which revolves the looping members clock-wise,`l

` two thirds of a revolution, which closes one wire tying mechanism forward with thewire clamping member over the wire, and opens the opposite wire shearing member and loops the wire around the rotary pin; gear 78 is also adapted to engage the segmental gear 144 onY the opposite side from the segment 69, which reverses the motion of the looping members and returns them to their original position one half revolution ahead, and opens one wire clampin member and releases the twisted wires an closes the opposite wire shearing member, which severs the wire between the twisted portion and the wire extending to the needle. The wire twisting mechanism consists of a segmental spur gear with two teeth cut away, one on each side of a single tooth, said cut away portions extending past the center of the gear as indicated by 114 in Fig. 8; said gear is mounted in a hollow trunnion, the tooth 71 extending out past the face of the looping member, as indicated in the dotted line in Fig. 8; the bearings for this gear consist of two grooves and two extensions, one each on each face of said gear; said grooves and extensions being indicated by 152 and 152'; these grooves and extensions -are adapted to mesh in two segmentalgrooves and extensions on the frame 61 extending into the hollow trunnion; these grooved bearings are necessary in order that when the gear 114 is revolved, it will turn past the cut away portion in both the gear and the bearing without a jar, or without slipping cogs; the gear 70 is adapted to engage the segmental gear 114, and the teeth on both gears are exceptionally long vso that the teeth on gear 70 mesh in close to the center of the gear 114, and in this way, when the segmental portion of the gear 114 is'about to pass into the gear 70, it is turned past the cut away portion without a jar;

the gear 70 is rigidly attached to the shaft 141, upon which is rigidly mounted'the gear 77, Fig. 7, and which is adapted to engage the segmental gear 143 of the gear 64; this segment turns the gear 77 one complete revolution, which operating through the gear 70 turns the gear 114, three complete revolutions and leaves it at rest in the same position from which it started.

The wire hooks or guides 89 and 89', Figs. 1 and 3, are adapted to hold the wire across the face of the machine as shown in Fig. 3, and consist of a rotary member with two hooks a and b diametrically opposite equal distance from the center; this' member is rigidly attached to the shaft 84, to which is attached the spiral 85, which engages the spiral 86 which is rigidly attached to the shaft 67, to which is attached the bevel ear 66, which meshes in the bevel gear 65 w ich is rigidly attached to the shaft 68; when the looping member 74 starts to revolve clock-wise, Fig. 3,v it requires about two inches of slack in the wire 121 to permit the wire to be brought directly across the center of the member; to provide for this slack,

the worm 86 on the face of the segmental spiral 83 turns the spiral 85 suiiciently to give out this two inches of slack. During the twisting operation no slack is required, and the worm 85 slides on the straight portion of 83 until the looping member 74 starts in a reverse motion to sever the wire and .release same, at which point the spiral 87 wire holding member 89 the remainder ofv one half revolution, which releases the wirefrom the hook and places the opposite hook in the position of the previous hook, so that .when the needle is returned back through the baling chamber, this hook catches the ire and holds it, as is indicated in Figs. 3 and 6; that is the hook b is in the same position that hook a was when the operation commenced. l

When the needle returns to rest preparatory to receiving further charges of hay, the wires are drawn diagonally across the baling chamber 'directly beneath the opening for receiving the hay; this would interfere with feeding the hay into the chamber, and in. order to overcome this it is necessary -to provide means for forcing the wire rearward against the bale and from beneath the opening; this is done by sliding carriages mounted on the side of the baling chamber, one of which is shown in Fig. 1, and indicated by v 101, the other of whichis a duplicate of 101, is mounted on the reverse side of the machine; 101 is slidably mounted on the'track 91 and guide 105. Pivotally mounted on the top and bottom of the carriage, are two dogs 102 and 102', which are adapted to oscillate across the slots 92 and 92 in the side of the chamber through which the wire passes;-

. down and let the wire pass, and when the carriage moves toward the rear, dogs springl across the slots and take the wire with them. The carriage 101 is slidably operated by the connecting rod 94, which is connected to the lever 96 at 95, which is pivotally attached to the frame of the machine at 97 on the lower end of which is slidably mounted the lever 44 at 98; when 'the carriage 30 moves rearward the carriage 101is moved forward and when the carriage 30 is moved forward the carriage 101 is moved rearward; in this way the dogs are moved apart behind the wire when the tying mechanism is at its extreme rearward stroke, and as the carriage returns the wireis forced rearward. The process of clamping,'looping, twisting and shearing the wires is as follows: The wire clamp 73 and 73 and the shear 72 and 72', Fig. 11, are pivotally mounted in the wire looping members74 and 74', Fig. 3, nearthe periphery of said members diametrlcally opposite each other, and operated by the spring dogs 164 and 165.

When the needle is at rest after having brought the wires across the face of the loopmg member 74 so that the wire which passes to the bale from the needle head, is drawn close to the looper and above the twisting pin, Figs. 3 and 16, the looper head is started to revolve clock-wise by the mechanism before described; this brings the teeth on the rear of the wire clamp 73 in contact with the spring dog 164, which closes the hook o'f the wire clamp 73 over the wire, and brings it from the dotted line positionto the full line position as indicated in Fig. 12; at the same time, the shear 72 comes in contactwith the dog 165, which closes same and brings it from the full line position to the 95 dotted line position in Fig. 13. The continued revolution of the looper head brings .it

lto the position indicated in Fig. 4, with the the mechanism previously described; the motion of the. looper head is then reversed and the clamp 73 comes in contact with the spring dog 164, which opens same and releases the wire, and the shear 72 comes in 110v contact with the spring dog 165, which causes the shearing face of 72 to cross the shearing face of the wire hook 73, and severs the twisted wire from the wire passing to the needle. Upon the reverse mot-ion of the looper, wire guide 82 comes into engagement with the spring dog 166, which causes it to drop down below the face of the looper head; at this point when the looper head is at rest it is just one half revolution advanced clock-wise from what it was when the operation was commenced; that is 72 and 7 3 are in the same position that 72 and 73 were and 82 is in the same position that 82 was when operation commenced.

The operation of the apparatus as hereinbefore described, is substantially as follows: Preparatory to receiving the first charge of hay or the like, the compression plunger'is at'the forward end of the stroke, and the 180 'curved end of the wire feeding needles is outside the baling chamber opposite from the pivoted end; the needles are so hung that the straight portion of the needles passes throughA the baling chamber, and when the needle is at rest and out of operation, thev curved portion is entirely outside of the baling chamber on -the opposite side, the straight portion passes through the baling chamber back of the compression plunger 45; the connecting rod which operates the plunger swings between the two needles asshown in Fig. l.

The wire is attached under the clamping hook 73', Fig. 3, passes around the hook a of the members 89 and 89', thence across the face of the loopinghmcmbers 74' and 74', and behind the dog 102', thence across the baling chamber through theigrooves 92 and 92, thence around the Vrollers 161 and 160,v

as shownV in the full lines, Fig. 10, thence to the spoolsat the forward end of the machine, Fig. 16. Successive charges of hay are fed into the balingchamber through the hopper C, and compressed in the compression chamber; as the hay is fed in, the rear end of the bale pushes the wire rearward and when the bale has become of sufficient length, the disk 57 is moved sidewise from beneath the guide 56-on the bolt 57', by. hand or otherwise; this permits the connecting rod 55 to drop down on thelug 59, and as the guide 58, which is connected to the compression plunger 45 by the connecting rod 58 moves rearward, Vthe notch 60 dropsover the lug-59 and ,operating through the lever 55 moves the carrlage 30 rearward. As soon as the carriage starts, the shaft 33 passes Y from behind the lever 17 and the spring 24 bringsthe lever 17 to the position indicated in the dotted lines, Fig. 2; this slides the grooved sleeve 21 on the shaft 16 toward the baling chamber, and the lugs 25 enter the recesses in the face of the spiral gear 24;

this brings the gear 24 into operation which through the spiral gear 22, starts the shaft 23 revolving clock-wise; the segmental bevel gear 38 being slidably mounted on the shaft 23, starts the bevel gear A39 and through the shaft 40, revolves the crank 154, and through the connecting rod 156 and the crank, 32,-

revolves the farther end of the needle forward. When the carriage has reached the vposition so that the points of the needles are opposite the grooved guides '50 and 50 in the plunger face, the needle passes through them, and the lug 134 disengages the hook 135 from the hook 131, and the carriage 30 comes in contact with the carriage 61, moving it rearward, and the grooved guide 132 raises the hook 131 behind the lug 134. At this point the plunger face is opposite the face of the rotary looping members 74 and 74 andthe needle passes in front ot' this face above the wire twister 71, as shownin Fig. 4, and below the hook 73, as shown in Flg. 16. When the needle has reached the ezrtreme end of the stroke as indicated in Flg. 4, the bevel gear 39 passes oif the segmental gear 38, and the guide 159 on the gear 39 passes onto the guide 158, on the gear 38, as indicated in Fig. 9, and locks the gear 39 at rest. At this point the segmental gear 38 on the end of the shaft 23, as shown in Fig. 9, passes ofi' of the guide 158, and the teeth of the gears 38 and 39 in contact; this revolves the shaft 68, Fig. 1, which revolves the gear wheels 64. The segmental bevel gear 69 in Fig. 7 comes in contact with the bevel gear 78, this revolves the shaft 80, the gear 75, and the segmental looping gear members 74 and 7 4 clock-wise; this brings the wire clamping member 73, Figs. 1 and 3, over the wire '120, Fig. 3, and as the yteeth on the wire clamp come in contact with the spring dog 164, as shown -in Fig. 12, the wire clamp is brought into .the position indicated' in the full lines,

which clamps the wire against the side of the member in which the clamp rotates; as the looper starts to revolve, the segmental worm 86 turns the spiral 85 suiiiciently to give out what slack is needed for looping and twisting the wire; when the segment 69 has passed oif of the element 164, the rotary looping member 74 has turned a little more than one half revolution, and the wires are brought into the position indicatedin Fig. 4; at this point vthe guide 48 on the gear 78 comes in contact with the guide 149 on the gear 64, and holds the gear 78 atrest;

at the same point, the segmental spur gear f 143 on the gear 64 comes in contact with the teeth on the gear 77; this revolves the shaft 141and through that the gear 70, and as shown in Fig. 8, the segmental twister gear 114; when the gear 70 has turned 'one complete revolution, the gear 114 has turned three revolutions, and is brought to the original position from which it started and has twisted the wire as shown in Fig. 5; at this point the segmental gear 143 has passed off of the gear 77, and the guide 150 has come in contact with the guide 150, which holds the twisting mechanism at rest; at the same point the segmental teeth 144, Fig. 7, come in contact with the opposite side of the gear 78 from the segment 69, which revolves gear v7 8 inthe opposite direction, and operating through the shaft 80 and the ear 75, revolves the looping members 74 and 4 in the opposite direction; this brings the wire cutting member 72 as shown in Figs. 6 and 12, in contact with the spring dog 165, and moves the cutting member from the dotted line to the full line position VLarnaca wire clamp 73" comes in contact with the spring dog 164, which opens it from the full line position to the dottedline position, as shown in Fig. 12; this releases the other end of the wire as shown in Fig. 6, and the wire guide'82 engages dog 166, which releases that Wire. During the reverse motion of the looper the spiral 87 engages the spiral 85 and revolves the Wire holding member the remainder of one half revolution, which releases the wire and places the opposite hook in position to receive the wire before the return of the needle. After the segmental gear 144 has passed oif of the gear 78 the guide 145 passes into the groove 147? on the guide 147 this holds the wire looping members 74 and 74 at rest; at this point the segment 157 of the gear 38 has passed off of the gear 39', and the guide 158 on the gear 38 comes in contact With the guide 159 on the gear 39 and holds the shaft 68 at rest; at this point the segment of the gear 38 comes in contact with the bevel gear 39,

which revolves the shaft 41, and through the connecting rod 156 and shaft 33, returns the needles to their original position, leaving ,the wire attached to hook b; at the same time the compression plunger .crank will have passed center, and the plunger will be returning toward its original position; this willl bring the lug on the hook 131 in the groove 132, to the slanted portion, ,which will drop the hook 131 below the lug 134, and release the carriage 61; .the hookv 135 will engage the hook 131, and hold the carriage 30 at rest; the carriage 30 will move on to its original position, when the slanted end of the connecting rod 55 will come in contact with the disk 57, which will raise the connecting rod and free the lug 59 from the notch 60; at the same time the shaft 33 comes in contact with the slanted end of the lever 17 which moves that from the dotted line to the full line position as shown in Fig. 2; this slides the grooved sleeve 21 on the shaft 16, to the full line position, and disengages the lug 25 from the spiral gear 24, and at the same time the nger 26 sliding through the guide27, enters a recess in the face of the spiral gear 22, which locks that at rest; this has disengaged all the wire feeding `and wire tying mechanism from the baling mechanism, and permits the baling machine to continue operating the same as though there were no Wire tying and wire feeding machinery attached. As the carriage 30 advances rearward, the end of the slot 99 in the connecting rod 44, comes in contact with the bolt 98 in the lever' 96; this forces the sliding member 101 forward suiiiciently far to come in front of the wire, and as the carriage 30 returns to its original position, the other end of the slot 99 comes in contact with the bolt 98, which slides the member 101 rearward and brings the wire i which is drawn across the baling chamber, underneath the opening in the top by the needles asy they pass outward, rearward against the end of the bale. It is contemplated-that a duplicate of this sliding mechanisin for forcing the Wires rearward, may

be also placed on the o posite side 'of the machine, and operated by extending the shaft 97 underneath thebaler, and projecting an arm upward, the same as indicated, both sliding members being driven by the same mechanism.

After the bale has reached a suiiicient length, either by hand or 4by machinery, the disk 57 is movedout from underneath the end of the connecting rod 55, which lets that drop down on to the lug 59, and sets the entire Wire feeding and Wire tying mechanism in operation. l

What I claim is:

1'. A baling press, comprising a. compression chamber, a plunger operable therein, two reciprocatory carrlages mounted on the frame of the compression chamber and adapted to stand at rest during the reciprocation of the plunger except during the final compression stroke of the same, wire feeding mechanism mounted on one carriage, wire tying mechanism mounted on the other caf'-` riage, means to reciprocate said carriages with the plunger, and means -to actuate the feeding and tying mechanism. A

2J A baling press, comprisin a compression chamber, a compression p unger operable therein, two reciprocatory carriages mounted on the frame of the compresslon chamber and adapted to stand at rest during the reciprocation of the plun er except during the final compression strdlie of the same, wire feeding mechanism mounted on one carriage, wire tying mechanism mounted on the other carriage, means rendered operative by the motion of the compression plunger to reciprocate the carriages, means to actuate the Wire tying and wire -feeding mechanism simultaneously with the reciprocation of the carriages.

3. A baling press, comprising a compression chamber, .a reciprocatory carriage mounted thereon, wire feeding needles pivotally mounted on said carriage, a compression plunger having transverse slots in its face'and operable in the compression chamber, means to intermittently connect the carriage with the plunger, and means operative to oscillate the nee les through the slots in the plunger simultaneously with the recipvrocation of the carriage and the plunger.

4. A baling press, comprisin a compression chamber, a compression p unger operable therein, a reciprocatory carriage mounted on the chamber, wire tying mechanism mounted thereon, a second reciprocatory carriage, wire feeding mechanism mounted thereon, a slidably mounted longitudinal shaft t0 actuate the wire feeding and tying mechanisms, and means for sliding the shaft.

5. A baling press, comprising a comprestionchamber, a reciprocatory plun er operable therein, two carriages mounte on said chamber, wire feeding mechanism mounted on one carriage, and wire tying mechanism mounted on the other, means for connecting the carriages with the plunger to cause them to reciprocate during the nal compression stroke of the plunger, a gear segment and pinion mounted on the wire feeding carriage to reciprocate the wire feeding needles.

6. A baling press, comprising a compression chamber, a plunger arranged therein, two carriages mounted on said chamber, means .for connecting the carriages with the plunger to cause same to reciprocate during the final compression stroke of the plunger, a segment and pinion mounted on the wire feeding carriage to operate the needles, means for actuating said segment during the forward motion of the carriages, and means for rendering the actuating means inoperative durin the return movement.

7 A ba ing press comprising a compression chamber, a compression plunger operable therein and having a solid portion and transverse grooves in its face, means for operating the plunger a carriage mounted on one side of the chamber, wire feeding needles mounted on the side of the carriage which, when inoperative, extend through the baling chamber between the solid portion of the same and the aforementioned operating means, means for oscillating the fingers so that their forward ends pass around the solid portion of the plunger and through the grooves in the face of the same between the solid portion/ and the compressed material.

8. A baling press, comprising a compression chamber, carriages mounted thereon, wire tying mechanism mounted on one carriage, wire feeding needles mounted on the other carriage, means to throw into operation the wire tying mechanism, and the wire feeding needles during the forward stroke of the plunger, and means to disengage same during the return stroke.

9. A balinor press, comprising baling mechanism, wirel tying and feeding mechanism mounted on sliding carriages, a sliding clutch coperating with'the baling mechanism, the tying mechanism and the feeding mechanism, means to throw the clutch into engagement durin the forward movement of the carriage, an means to disengage said clutch during the return movement of said carriage.

10. A baling press, comprising a compress sion chamber, two reciprocatory carriages, wire feeding mechanism mounted on one carriage, wire tying mechanism mounted on the other carriage, means for engaging the same stroke, wire feeding mechanism mounted on said second carriage and spiral gears mounted on the compression chamber to render the tying mechanism and feeding mechanism operative during the reciprocation of the plunger.

12. A baling press, comprising a compress1on chamber, a compression plunger operable therein, two reciprocatory carriages, wire tying mechanism mounted on one carriage, wire feeding mechanism mounted on the other carriage, a shaftfslidably associated with said carriages and on the frame of the machine, means to rotate the shaft to operate the wire tying and wire feeding mechanisms simultaneously with the reciprocation of the plunger.

13. A baling press, `comprising a compression chamber, compression plunger operable therein, two reciprocatory carriages mounted on said chamber, means for reciprocating said carriages with the plunger, means for engaging the rear carriage with the forward carriage during the latter end of the rearward and first end ofthe forward stroke, means for disengaging said carriage during the rearward stroke.

14. `A baling press, comprising a compression chamber, two carriages slidably mounted thereon, Wire feeding mechanism carried by one carriage, wire tying mechanism carried by the other carriage, means for reciprocating the carriages, and means for locking said carriage at rest when not in operation.

. 15. A baling press, comprising a compression chamber, a plunger operable therein, two reciprocatory carriages mounted on said chamber, a hook loosely mounted on rear carriage extending forward, an offset grooved guide mounted on the compression chamber in which a projection on said hook Operates to raise and lower the free end of said hook as the carriage moves, and a hook 'on the forward carriage extending rearward, and adapted to engage the hook on the rear carriage, means for reciprocating said carriages with the plunger, substantially, as'

the lower compression chamber at its point,

the two arms of the bell crank extending upwardly, a connecting rod between one o said arms andthe rotatably mounted crank, a connectingrod between 'the other arm of the bell crank and the compression plunger, and means for rotating sald first mentioned crank.

17 A baling press, 'comprislng a compression chamber, a compression plunger, a reciprocatory carriage mounted thereon, wire feeding needles mounted-on said carnage, wire holding fingers, a second reciprocatory carriage, wlre guiding fingers mounted onthe last-'mentioned carria means rendered operative to cause the wire holding lingersl to take the wire from the wlrefeedmg needles and force it rearward.

18. A baling press 'comprising a compres- 20'sion chamber, wire feeding mechar1sm, a rotary wire looping member, wlre clampingu and cutting members pivotallymounted on the looping member near lts periphery so that they rotate with the 4same on axes approximately atrlght angles to the axis ofthe looping member.

19. A baling press comprising a compresf sion chamber, wire feeding mechanism' as-y sociated therewith, a rotary wire looping member, wire clamping and cutting members mounted on axes approximately` at right angles to the axis of the looping member, and a guide plate located adjacent to the looping member and adaptedv to lock the clamping and cutting members in op erative or inoperative positions.

20. A baling pre comprising a compression chamber, aA .rotary looping member, Wire clamping and cutting members mounted on the looping member so that they rotate with the same on axes approximately at right angles to the axis of the looping member, means to actuate the looping member, and means for vlocking the same at rest when it is not in operation.

21./ A baling press including a compression chamber, a movable carriage, a rotary looping member and wire clamping and cutting members mounted on said member and located at various distances from said chamber, the clamping member farthest from the compression chamber being adapted to receivethe wire.

22s A baling press including a compression chamber in which a plunger' is operable, a rotary looping element, a clamp-ing member mounted on the looping member to one side of the center, and wire feeding neeA i. dles adapted to pass acrossthe face of the 60 looping element at right angles to the axis of said element and deliver the wlre to the clamping member.

23. A baling press including a compres' sion chamber, 'a plunger operable therein, 65 means for feeding wire around the bale, a

` adapte sion chamber, means for feeding wire around the bale, a wire tymg member comprlsmg a looping member adapted to rotate in both y directions, and wire guiding members, each of which is adapted to alternately open on the movement of the looping member in one direction and to close upon lts movement in the op osite direction. 30 baling press including a compression. chamber and wire tying mechanism comprising a rotary looping member, wire clamping and cutting members mounted on the looping member so that they rotate with thesame on axes approximately at right angles to. the axis of the loopingmember, means to actuate the looping'member, and means for locking the same at rest when not in operation. y 90 26. A balingpress including a compression' chamber, wire feeding mechanism and wire tying mechanism comprising a segmentally recessed twisting head, gear teeth. deeply recessed in the periphery thereof, a. gear wheel, the teeth of which are adapted to deeply mesh with the teeth ofthe twisting head so that the ends ofthe teeth pass close to the center of the twisting head, and a tooth in said recess. 100

27. A baling press including a compression chamber, wire feeding mechanism and wire tying mechanism comprising a' segmentally recessed twisting head, ear teeth deeply recessed in the perlphery t ereof, a gear wheel, the teeth of Whlch are adapted to deeply mesh with the teeth of the twisting head so that the ends of the teeth pass close to the center of the twisting head, a tooth in said recess, means to actuate the twister head,- and means to hold the twister head at rest when not in operation.

28. A baling'press including a compression chamber, Wire feeding mechanism and wire tying mechanism comprising a wire loopinghead, a wire tying head, a rotatably mounted wire holding finger, and means rendered operative by the rotation of the nger to allow the necessary slack in the wire during thelooping and twistin ofthe same.

29. YA baling press inclu ing a compression chamber, a rotary looping head, a wire4 twistin member, wire feeding needles to pass through the chamber and across the face of the looping member, a wire holdin linger rotatably mounted and `having two ooks equidistant from the center and diametrically opposite each other,

land means to actuate the finger to release "the twisted wire and engage the next/.wire

as the needles pass back across the face of the looping member. l I 4 30. A baling press comprising a compression chamber, a compression plunger, a loopshearing an 32. A baling press comprising a compression chamber compression plunger, a rotary looping mem er, two wire clamping members located in the looping member near the periphery of the same on axes approximately perpendicular to the axis of the looping member. i

33. A baling press comprising a compression chamber, compression' plunger, a rotary looping member, two wire clamping members located in the looping member n ear the periphery of same on axes approximately perpendicular to the axis of the looping member, two wire cutting members mounted adjacent to and on axes concentric with said wire clamping members.

34. A baling press comprising a compression chamber, a compression plunger, a rotary looping member, wire clam ing and wire shearing members mounted t ereon on axes approximately perpendicular to the axis of the looping member, means to actuate the wire clamping and -wire shearing members upon the revolution of the looping member.

35. A baling press comprising a compression chamber and a compression plunger, a rotary looping member, wire clamping and wire shearing members mounted thereon on axes approximately perpendicular to the axis of the loopin member, means to actuate the clamping members so that when the looping member is rotated in one direction one wire clampingmember closes and the opposite wire shearing member opens and means to actuate the wire clamping and wire shearing members so ,that when the looping memberV is rotated in the opposite direction the other wire/ clamping member opens and its opposite wire shearing member closes.

36. A baling press comprising a compression chamber, a compression plunger, a rotary looping member, a Wire clamping member having on one face a clamping edge and 0n its opposite face a shearing edge, mounted on an axis approximately at right angles to the axis of the looping member.

p 57. A baling press comprising a compresadjacent to and concentric withv the wire' clamping member.

38. A baling press comprising a compressiony chamber, wire feeding and wire tying mechanism mounted theron, a wire twistin head having segmental projections on bot sides of the same, and segmental grooves adapted as bearings to said projections so that saidtwisting head may be revolved,

39. A baling press comprising a compression chamber,alcompression plunger, wire feeding mechanism, wire tying mechanism comprising a Wire looping member, a Wire twisting head, a gear wheel, and comprising multiple segmental cog wheels and segmental 'guides adapted 'to rotate the looping member in one direction to hold the same at rest, to revolve the twister head and to hold the same at rest and to rotate the looping member in the opposite direction and to hold the same at rest.

40. A baling press comprisin a compression chamber, a compression p unger operable therein, a reciprocatory carriage, wire feeding mechanism mounted thereon, another reciprocatory carriage, wire tying mechanism -mounted thereon, means to en gage the first mentioned carriage with the said plunger and reciprocate simultaneously with the same, means to engage the second mentioned carriage with the first mentioned carriage and reciprocate the same together, means to disen age said carriages, meansto disengage the rst carriage from said plunger and means to hold said carriages at rest when inoperative.

4:1. A baling press comprising a compression chamber, wire feeding mechanism, wire tying mechanism, a rotatably mounted segmentally recessed gear wheel with one ltooth in said recess adapted as a gear tooth and also as a (pin around which the Wires are looped, an wheel.

42. A baling press comprising a compression chamber, wire feeding mechanism, wire tying mechanism, a wire looping memer, a wire clamping member pivotall mounted in the same and having teeth means to rotate said gear adapted to engage a spring tooth mounted on an adjacent guide plate, and means to rotate said looping member to oscillate the clamping member.

43. A baling press comprising a compression chamber, wire feeding mechanism, wire tying mechanism, a wire looping member, a .wire shearing member pivotally mounted in the same land having teeth adapted to engage a spring tooth mounted on' an adjacent guide plate, and means to roline that would cross the axis of the looping 10 tate said looping member to oscillate the member if extended. shearing member. In testimony whereof I aflix my signature,

44. babling press comprising a compresin presence of tWo Witnesses. sion c am er, a compression plu-n er operv able therein, Wire tying mechanis includ WALLACE CASWELL ing a-looping member rotatably mounted, Witnesses: Wiie feeding mechanism including needles F. H. JACKSON, piyotally mounted, the axis of which is a Y R. A. CAsWELL. 

